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January 6, 2011
Perstorp says the deal is part of a larger, "ambitious" effort to increase its polyol capacity....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Perstorp-Buys-Ashlands-Penta-Business_31902.html January 3, 2011
Quaker says the business is expected to post $30 million in sales this year and is in the process of more than doubling its production capacity....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Quaker-Acquires-Summit-Lubricants_31858.html December 16, 2010
The jv will use sugarcane as feedstock and Amyris' yeast platform to produce farnesene, which will then be converted to high-end base oils....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Amyris-Cosan-Form-Base-Oils-JV_31617.html November 16, 2010
Clariant says it has added polyetheramines to its industrial and consumer specialities chemicals portfolio, having built capacity at its nitril-amine plant at Gendorf, Germany....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Clariant-Enters-Polyetheramines-Market_30965.html October 18, 2010
Lubrizol says it has broken ground on a previously announced new additives plant at the Zhuhai Gaolan Port Economic Zone in southern China. The Zhuhai facility will require an...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Lubrizol-Breaks-Ground-on-Additives-Facility-in-China_30306.html October 12, 2010
Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez says the government has expropriated the assets of lubricants firm Industrias Venoco (Maracaibo) as well as the privately held portions...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Venezuelas-Chavez-Expropriates-Venoco-Fertinitro-Assets_30134.html September 2, 2010
Robert Ehrenfeld, a pioneering U.S. chemist, played an integral role in the development of fluorine-based materials for the Manhattan Project- the first atomic weapons program - in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Fluorochemicals-Halocarbon-Legacy-Thrives-in-Modern-World_29132.html July 29, 2010
Lubrizol reported second-quarter net income up 46%, to $201.7 million ($2.88/share), excluding restructuring charges totaling $300,000 in the advanced materials unit. Earnings soared...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Lubrizol-Earnings-Jump-on-Improved-Volumes-Selling-Prices_28419.html July 19, 2010
The deal settles a complaint against Houghton International by the U.S. Federal Trade Comission, which found that Houghton's 2008 acquisition of D.A. Stuart combined the two largest suppliers of aluminum hot rolling oil in North America, giving the firm almost 75% market share....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Quaker-Buys-Aluminum-Production-Assets_28120.html June 1, 2010
The report says that, among the larger market size applications, specialty films, printed circuit boards, IC process chemicals, engineering thermoplastics, and construction chemicals will grow fastest....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Specialty-Chemicals-Growth-Estimated-at-3-4-percent-Annually_27102.html April 29, 2010
Lubrizol reported first-quarter income of $162.3 million, or $2.32/share, compared to $71.8 million during the first quarter of last year, the company announced today. Revenues rose to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Lubrizol-Earnings-Rise-Strongly-on-Volume-Improvement_26389.html April 14, 2010
The specialty and knowledge chemicals market in India could reach a size of $40 billion in the next 2-3 years, from $18 billion in 2006, Pratik Kadakia, practice head/chemicals &...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Specialty-Chemicals-Market-in-India-to-Reach-$40-Billion-in-Next-Three-Years_26018.html March 8, 2010
Acquisition of Polartech includes manufacturing sites in China, India, and the U.S., Afton says....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Afton-Acquires-Metalworking-Additives-Firm_25220.html August 19, 2009
The company will supply synthetic heat transfer fluid to the plants, both of which are expected to start up in 2010....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Solutia-Supplying-Solar-Plants-in-Morocco-and-Algeria_20873.html August 3, 2009
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says it has completed the acquisition of ExxonMobil’s esters plant at Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The facility will be used to extend...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Oxea-Completes-Acquisition-of-ExxonMobils-Dutch-Esters-Plant_20554.html July 2, 2009
AllessaChemie Makes 80 Workers Redundant, Drives Collaborative Innovation in Bid to Return to Growth
Specialty chemicals firm AllessaChemie’s (Frankfurt) heralded growth of a year ago has deserted the firm and in a bid to reduce costs it is now restructuring. The firm’s...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/AllessaChemie-Makes-80-Workers-Redundant-Drives-Collaborative-Innovation-in-Bid-to-Return-to-Growth_19962.html June 12, 2009
BASF says it will mothball its 20,000 m.t./year trimethylopropane (TMP) manufacturing plant at Ludwigshafen, its only TMP manufacturing facility, but it will stay in the business...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/BASF-Links-with-Italian-Firm-in-TMP-Business_19428.html June 8, 2009
Lanxess says its Indian subsidiary Lanxess India Private Ltd. (Thane) will acquire the chemical businesses and assets of Gwalior Chemical Industries (Mumbai), a listed Indian...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Lanxess-Buys-Businesses-in-India-and-China_19401.html April 29, 2009
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted final approval of Chemtura’s $400 million debtor-in-possession (DIP) credit facility, allowing the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Chemtura-Gains-Court-Approval-for-Credit-Access_18579.html March 26, 2009
Lanxess says its Rhein Chemie subsidiary has started up a previously announced lubricant additives production facility at Qingdao, China. The facility, which was built with an...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/lubricants/Lanxess-Starts-Up-Lubricant-Additives-Plant-in-China_17863.html |
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